(Here's the next chapter guys.)
Chapter 7: Painful Punishment
(Watchtower, a few days later)
Cheshire had left to continue her jobs and told the young ninja that they'd have their more 'meetings'. Now Drew is in the Exercise Center of the Watchtower. He is punching a punching bag, eyes calm as he repeatedly hits it. He hears footsteps coming towards him.
"Apologies if I've taken your spot." Drew said.
"Nah, you're good man." A familiar voice said.
Drew caught the bag is fell back towards him with one hand. The shapeshifter turned to see Jason with his helmet off, and under his right arm. Jason chuckled slightly.
"What's going on?" Drew asked.
"Been in Manhattan for the past few days, fighting the good fight by myself for a bit. I've come across this group of men who have been causing a lot of trouble and pain for a lot of people. Homeless people, immigrants, and women have been the victims. Despite all of this, the police can't or won't do shit. I'd like to teach them a lesson if you know what I mean?" Jason said.
After a few minutes of readying his gear Chaos Chimera met his friend by the Zeta Tubes.
"Ready?" Chaos Chimera asked.
Jason smiled then put on his helmet.
"Ohhh yeah. Heh heh." Red Hood chuckled.
(Manhattan, several minutes later)
The two ran across the rooftops, nearing ever closer to where Batman's former protégé is aiming for. Soon they found themselves at a building. The ninja's eyes looked into the windows. There are several men laughing, shouting, and cussing. He could hear cries and screams. The ninja growled, ready to lunge forward. Red Hood held out a cautioning hand.
"Let's take a different approach." Red Hood said.
After a few minutes, the doors to the building fly off their hinges. Red Hood and Chaos Chimera walk into the building. They see several men in suits in an affluent surrounding stare in shock at the sight of the two vigilantes. Their gazes turned to annoyance and anger.
"Who the hell are you two?!" One of the men snarled.
"We're the cleanup crew to clean up this trash we see before us." Red Hood said, pulling a two gun from their holsters and twirled them in his hands, then stopped with the barrels aimed at the men.
The men laughed at them, thinking it was some kind of prank.
"Ok, that's was fun. Nice prank, did Marcus send you?" One of the men laughed.
"Oh, we came ourselves. Seems you scumbags have been busy. To recent knowledge that several homeless people have been beaten and bloodied. Also, some immigrants have received death threats in the form of derogatory graffiti outside their homes. And-" Red Hood stated.
Suddenly a woman's yelling in panic with a pleading voiced cried out. Chaos Chimera's eyes narrowed in hatred.
"And women have been reported…well…you can guess. I've studied the locations of where these crimes have occurred. It seems this place and ALL OF YOU are at the center." Red Hood growled angrily.
"Why should we care?" One of the men scoffed.
"Besides what makes you think-" Another of the men scoffed.
A door opened a young woman walked out, she had a strange red mark all along her neck. Her clothes are torn and barely clinging to her body. A tall, muscular man with short hair walked out behind her, an annoyed look on his face.
"Don't resist next time, bitch." He grunted then spanked her.
Chaos Chimera growled angrily. The crowd turned to him in shock.
"Animals don't belong in doors, freak." One of the men scoffed, to which the others laugh.
"Like I said, don't resist." The tall man grunted.
"I-I can't d-do this anymore…I-I'm sorry…but…" The woman said, pain and fear in her voice.
He grabbed her throat, to which she tried to stop his grip with her hands. He quickly smacked them away then smacked her face.
"Oh no, you aren't." He growled then slammed her to the floor.
She cried out in pain.
"Please! I-I'll come back! Just don't hit me anymore!" She cried out.
He spat in disgust and raised his hand again.
"Ok! I was gonna give you a chance to surrender. But let's be honest: my friend and I, we've waited long enough to kill you bastards." Red Hood hissed.
"Wait? Kill-" One of the men gasped.
Chaos Chimera lunged forward with a snarl. He landed before the muscular man, a hand grabbing the man's hand that is held up. A sickening crack is heard, signifying the broken wrist. The man let out a scream of pain.
"DO YOU HAVE NO HONOR!?" Chaos Chimera roared in the man's face.
"You…fucking…freak…" The man growled yet with a whimper in his voice.
Chaos Chimera grabbed his throat then slung him, sending him crashing through a wall. He looked at the woman, who stared in complete shock.
"Run lady, before this gets ugly." Chaos Chimera said.
The woman nodded then ran out. The men pulled out guns and knives from hidden spots in their coats.
"We don't know who you freaks are, but you'll-" One of the men grunted.
Suddenly he fell to the ground, a bullet in his head.
"You talk to much." Red Hood scoffed.
The men fired a barrage of bullets at the two vigilantes. Red Hood kicked a table onto its side and ducked behind it. Chaos Chimera jumped and raced up a wall after extruded the spikes on his sabatons. The men were flabbergasted but continued to fire.
"Who are these freaks?!" One of the men screamed.
"Those who know your lives are worth nothing." Red Hood shouted, then swiftly jumped out and fired off several bullets.
The men cried out in pain and horror as the bullet pierced their legs, arms, and torsos. Chaos Chimera grunted as he dropped to the ground then swiftly swept their feet from under the men. They cried out in horror as the felt the bones in their feet snap.
"You all are so lucky that you are injured! Despite my desire to rip you apart right now! It would be dishonorable to attack weakened foes." Chaos Chimera hissed.
"Honor? Seriously?" One of them scoffed.
"What kind of freaky idiot are you?!" Another snarled.
Chaos Chimera saw some men run upstairs out of the corner of his eye. He heard women screaming and several other men running into the room.
"Go! I'll handle these bastards!" Red Hood shouted.
The ninja nodded then rushed upstairs. The gun slinging vigilante reloaded his pistols quickly and aimed them the men running in.
"Hello boys." Red Hood grunted then fired off shots.
The men grunted and cried out as the bullets peppered them. Red Hood grunted as he rushed forward, firing off several rounds. His body armor block bullets from the vigilante's foes as he charged forward. He growled as he jumped forward and slammed into two men. Red Hood swiftly put his guns into his holsters. The vigilante blocked a punch from one of the men then swiftly pulled out his serrated, slightly curved knife. He jabbed it into the man's shoulder. Then he swiftly jumped up with a firm grip on the jabbed man and swiftly kicked in a wide arc, his foot connecting with the faces of all the men. The man with the knife in his shoulder cried out in agony as the knife twisted until Red Hood pulled it out and punched him to the floor.
"You assholes are very lucky you're dealing with me. My friend doesn't tolerate violence in any form against women. He'd-" Red Hood hissed like an angry serpent.
Suddenly there is a terrified scream. Several men ran screaming down the stairs. Right behind them came Chaos Chimera running along the walls on all fours. The ninja grunted as he landed on the floor in front of the terrified men. His eyes are open and wild as he glared at them with utter hatred.
"You dare enjoy their suffering and pain?! You dare?! YOU DARE?!" Chaos Chimera bellowed.
"They're…just…whores." One of the men whimpered.
Chaos Chimera slapped him with the back of his hand yet sent him flying across the room. He hit a wall with a sickening crack. His pain cries were awkward as his broken jaw rattled while his broken left arm lay uselessly at his side, his other arm switching between the broken bones to try to lessen the pain. Red Hood stared in surprise.
"Well boys…it seems you all have a choice: you can either surrender…or my friend here will…well…let's just say he'll use his imagination." Red Hood said.
(Out in the streets a few hours later)
The people of the immediate community stood around in shock at seeing the broken and terrified men sitting helplessly in the streets, chained together by metal locks. The two vigilantes stood over the men.
"Hello everyone, I assume you know who these men are?" Red Hood rhetorically asked.
The crowd's eyes turned from confusion to shock as they looked closer at the men.
"These are the men who have attacked you, ruined your homes, scared your children, raped your women! They were untouchable before! Their strength relied on sapping others of their possessions, lives, and pride. Yet here they lie before you: helpless, pathetic, and afraid!" Red Hood proclaimed.
"B-But the…p-police….they…they couldn't…wouldn't do anything to stop them." A crowd member stammered.
"That is sadly true! The police could not manage to bring them down! They had so much power and control over this area! But that's all gone now." Red Hood proclaimed.
"They have hurt you all without remorse and mercy, enjoying the pain they inflicted upon everyone, especially the women whom they loved to assault. That's finished!" Chaos Chimera added.
"W-What now?" A crowd member asked.
"We leave them to you." Red Hood said.
"We want them to pay for what they've done. But…we're not killers." One of them stammered.
"You don't have to kill them. You all enact what you believe justice should be for them." Chaos Chimera said.
"W-Wait…you're…" A member of the crowd gasped.
"We'll leave you all to it." Chaos Chimera said, then he and his friend walked off into the night.
To be continued…